Genesis 7:2-3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 7:1-4

Here is, I. A gracious invitation of Noah and his family into a place of safety, now that the flood of waters was coming, Gen. 7:1. 1. The call itself is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children, to come in doors, when he sees night or a storm coming: Come thou, and all thy house, that small family that thou hast, into the ark. Observe, (1.) Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him; though he knew it was designed for his place of refuge, yet he waited for a renewed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:2

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens ,.... From hence it appears, that the distinction of clean and unclean beasts, at least for sacrifice, if not for food, was known before the flood, and so before the law of Moses; though some think this is said by anticipation, and as providing a large stock of such creatures for the propagation of their species; because they would be most serviceable to men both for food and sacrifice: but as it is certain that sacrifices were offered... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:3

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and his female ,.... That is, of such as were clean; seven couple of these were to be brought into the ark, for the like use as of the clean beasts, and those under the law; and so at this time, and here meant were turtledoves, and young pigeons that were for sacrifice; and the rest were for food: and the design of bringing both into the ark was: to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth ; that the species of creatures might be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:2

Of every clean beast - So we find the distinction between clean and unclean animals existed long before the Mosaic law. This distinction seems to have been originally designed to mark those animals which were proper for sacrifice and food, from those that were not. See Leviticus 11. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:2

Verse 2 2.Of every clean beast. He again repeats what he had before said concerning animals, and not without occasion. For there was no little difficulty in collecting from woods, mountains, and caves, so great a multitude of wild beasts, many species of which were perhaps altogether unknown; and there was, in most of them, the same ferocity which we now perceive. Wherefore, God encourages the holy man, lest being alarmed with that difficulty, and having cast aside all hope of success, he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:3

Verse 3 3.To keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. That is, that hence offspring might be born. But this is referred to Noah; for although, properly speaking, God alone gives life, yet God here refers to those duties which he had enjoined upon his servant: and it is with respect to his appointed office, that God commands him to collect animals that he may keep seed alive. Nor is this extraordinary, seeing that the ministers of the gospel are said, in a sense, to confer spiritual life.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:1-6

God the Savior inviting faith. "Come thou and all thy house into the ark," &c.; Covenant mercy. A type of the Christian Church, with its special privilege and defense, surrounded with the saving strength of God. I. DIVINE PREPARATION . Providence . The ark. 1. Human agency under inspired direction. The word of God. The institutions of religion. The fellowship of saints. 2. A preparation made in the face of and in spite of an opposing world The history of the Church... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:1-9

The ark entered. I. THE INVITATION OF JEHOVAH . "Come thou and all thy house into the ark." This invitation was— 1. Timely . It was given on the finishing of the ark, and therefore not too soon; also seven days before the Flood, and therefore not too late. God's interventions in his people's behalf are always opportune: witness me exodus from Egypt, the deliverance at the Red Sea, the destruction of Sennacherib's army; Christ's walking on the sea, sleeping in the boat, rising... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:2

Of every clean beast . That the distinction between clean and unclean animals was at this time understood is easier to believe than that the writer would perpetrate the glaring anachronism of introducing in prediluvian times what only took its rise several centuries later (Kalisch). That this distinction was founded on nature, "every tribe of mankind being able to distinguish between the sheep and the hyena, the dove and the vulture" ('Speaker's Commentary'), or "on an immediate conscious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:3

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female . I .e. of clean fowls, "which he leaves to be understood out of the foregoing verse" (Poole). The Samaritan, Syriac, and LXX . (not so Vulgate, Onkelos, Arabic) insert the word "clean unnecessarily, and also add," και Ì α ̓ πο Ì πα ì ντων τω ͂ ν πετεινω ͂ ν τω ͂ νν μη Ì καθαρω ͂ ν δυ ì ο δυ ì ο α ̓ ì ρσεν και Ì θη ͂ λυ , " manifestly to make the verse resemble... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 7:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:3

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